Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-20

! lie, OccSuSe OF Cnelr ignorance, and Tor
| The reason they are more accustomed ID
! seryile obedience to the dict. of the DOW
| ers that be. There is now nearing COM
pleti0n after thirty five yesrs of effort and
labor magnificent temple. 1t Is being
built Of granite taken from native quar-
! rlee, and is situated within the
containing about nine acres of ground,
where also stands the beautiful assembly
hall, large tabernacle and endowment
house. This house is where ell marriages,
to be valid, must be solemnized; and is
also where the rites of initiation into the
! church are performed. The revenue OF
the church foots up about 81 ,O0O, 600 an
! nuslly, sud ie derived mostly from tithes
great deal OF this money goes to sustain
the missionary corps abroad, and the resi-
| due goes 10 BALD temples and churches,
and otherwise to promote the
interests Of the church and aug
ment the power OF the Priesthood.
Thus, it may partially be seen how and
through what potential agencies this
stronghold Of MOrmonism | may without
fear OF offending and with the greatest
! semblance of truth, ssy, this modern
Troy, with its scores of strife breeding
| Helens) has been empowered to withstand
for more than three decades CT years, the
siege which Instructed and Unlicensed
public sentiment has feebly waged under
the &c Sis Of individual conscience, its in
| spirations, and the almost imperative
statutes. The hierarchal clique is zeal
cusly and resolutely upheld and nerved
in all their undertakings by the unwaver-
ing constancy and support thei. adherents
render with more than Mussei-
man strength of devotion, and are thus
IS impTeguebly intTenChed as if they bore
aioft in triumph, as did the illustrious
Achilles, the bright shield the immortal
| Vulcan forged. With this strong moral
support and moneyed power at their com
mand, it can be readily figured now the
leaders OF the Latter Day Saints can afford
80 pose and stand forth as the intrepid
and stubborn defenders OF their creed, Of
Prism's self-.hc church, and CT Priam's
poWer-the priesthood.
The writer has but little regard for any
religion as saving power, and none
whatever for that article which is not
| founded upon ana has for It's cornerstone
pure morality, and of such is the Nor
mon faith and creed, and for such | would
not give sprig of parsley. The mas
sacre at Mountain Meadows Of over one
hundred men, women and children by the
| MormOns under John d. Lee, is an oft
told tale, but it remains to this day en-
incident of blOodshed that monuments
to what eXtremities seCtarian fanRticism
Will dare GO, ard this it's fartheSt limit OF
diabOlism. II has lifting parallel Only
in the tragic episode OF the slaughter Of
the Gothic youth, who sank to rise no
more, meath the isteful plunge Of dag
gers concealed in basketsful OF luscious
fruit. Proud PatrCcles lies lOw,yet within
sight of Hons towers Achilles (Con-
grese, the hope Of Greece sits and
sulks in his tent. These barren valleys,
plains ard mountain barriers are the I'M
yielding and surest bulwarks, in my opin-
ion, Of polygamy. This institution-so
furnishing here-Could not exist for any
length OF time in an agricultural country.
The inward how Of immigration would
soon kDell its doom. The relative in
crease and gain, as compared with the
psst, in the growth Of the non-Mormon
| population, through acCretions from within
and without, and the consequent thrush
OF more refining, elevating influences, and
associations, together with the rising
tide of public Indignation, will surely
create 81 avengilg Nemesis, which will
grow to be as the years roll by and the
ages ripen, euthanasia which will cause
polygamy to EWoOn, reel to its fall, and
be laid away with the dust Of bygene
centuries. Brigham had nineteen living
wives wher he died, if accounts be true.
He must have had as little faith es the
writer in the ability of one woman to
support husband decently. Imagine, if
deed, if sieve cana be called
such - nineteen women were, Of
the old curmudgeon's state secrets.
= l surmise they must have kept them
agoing and flying around like bottle
stopper in the enfrenZied grasp Of q
: maelstrom. He evidently, if outward
show and actions are sufficient data to
: base an opinion on, believed implicitly
in the extravagant estimate placed to the
credit Of Ewes fairest daughters, in the
+ Arabian Nights story of Prince Z9ip, the
/ king Of the genii, and the nine statues
| fancy, when the old sinner was in his
) cherriest mood, ne looked down with dis
dain upon his mOnOgemiC fellow with but
one wife, whose sum OF connu-
, bal bliss lie could, IN his own
: mind, figure out to be in
: nearness of approach to his own beeuti-
tude as ere the glories and blessings OF
] Eden to those Of Mohammed's seventh
I heaven, the difference being much
] greater than that between Tweedledee
: and Tweedle6um, nineteen to one. Twas
looker-on ct the tabernacle during the
Mormon services Sunday, out witnessed
2 nothing very impressive. The large au-
, ditorium was damned with people, the
. most Of whom likely went, IS l did, to
hear the soft strains Of ravishing music
g as 1t outward swept from organ and
r choir over the vast sssemblage, filing the
J immense fabric with its supernsl power.
: Music has dominion over the souls and
f thoughts Of men, such as no charm of
scripture enjoys, and uplitts Us in mind
4 towards Him whose power the great seal
of Solomon bore; and this power aud sub
tie influence it has owned and held since
S Jubal strained melodious lispings from
4 the chorded shell, aud O:pheus, with
e swift flying fingers, awoke the Tyre to
e fests of speaking, melody and eloquence
S This is one OF the most attractive cities
Il TO be found anywhere. The streets are
t very wide; so are the sidewalks
5 Rills Of pure spring water
S fresh from the mountains. course
! along the margin of al the streets and
e psvements. Their prsttling feminine
e tongues, emitting low, soft cadences, are